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2. Computer-Aided Design

Setup/Schedule

Nueval

  • https://nueval.academany.org/
    • Login with fablabs.io
  • Evaluation
    • Local Evaluation
      • By Feb 5th (Wed, 3rd class), all Local Evaluations must start (Week1, 2)
      • Student’s checklist -> check -> Local Evaluation starts
    • Global Evaluation
      • By Mar 5th all students aiming at graduating in the 1st cutoff must have a Global evaluator assigned
      • 2 weekly assignments completed(?) -> Global Evaluator will be assigned -> Global Evaluation starts
    • Feedback in Nueval site

Assessment

  • https://fabacademy.org/2025/nueval/

Weekly Schedule

Session EST Boston JST
Wed Global Session 9:00 23:00-2:00 Zoom meeting ID:82198940485 (Fab5-)
http://fabacademy.org/2025/video.html
Thu
Fri
Sat Local Session 10:00-18:00 @FabLab Kannai
Sat night Global Open Time 9:00 23:00-24:00 Zoom meeting ID: 969 900 9392
Sun
Mon Recitation 9:00 23:00-24:00 same as Global Session
Tue Asian Regional Review 12:00

21:00		 Review 1 Meeting ID:848 0453 9854 - Passcode: four three two one
Review 2 Meeting ID: 815 2940 8186? - Passcode: four three two one

Assignment

Computer-Aided Design

Individual Assignment

model (raster, vector, 2D, 3D, render, animate, simulate, …) a possible final project,

you are encouraged to try (and document) as many as possible.

  • Raster

    • GIMP
    • Photoshop
    • Draw App in a tablet

  • Vector

    • Inkscape
    • Illustrator
    • CorelDRAW

  • AI 2D

    • DALL·E 3
      • Try in ChatGPT
    • Microsoft Copilot
      • https://copilot.microsoft.com
      • https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/bing-ai-for-chrome/oofdkcckpabclngcdjnkhlldcfadlfmh
    • Gemini
      • https://gemini.google.com/app
    • niji journy
      • https://nijijourney.com/explore?tab=top
    • vizcom
      • https://www.vizcom.ai/
    • tripo
      • https://www.tripo3d.ai/

  • 3D model

    • Autodesk Fusion
      • render
      • animate
      • (simulate)
    • SolidWorks

Individual Assignment

compress your images and videos

  • file size
    • https://gitlab.fabcloud.org/academany/fabacademy/2025/site/-/blob/main/sizes.md?ref_type=heads
  • ImageMagic
  • ffmpeg
    • encoding 
      HTML5 MP4 ffmpeg encoding
variable bit rate 1080p MP3:
% ffmpeg -i input_video -vcodec libx264 -crf 25 -preset medium -vf scale=-2:1080 -acodec libmp3lame -q:a 4 -ar 48000 -ac 2 output_video.mp4

Individual Assignment

and post a description with your design files on your class page

Assessment > General essentials
1. Design files and code must be present in the archive in the original editable format (Antimony, Solidworks, Fusion360, Kicad, etc).

  • Autodesk Fusion
    • .f3D file